Faculty, centers, and programs at the Eagleton Institute study how American politics and government work and change, and analyze how the democracy might improve. The Institute welcomes entrepreneurial thinkers who develop new knowledge about emerging topics and themes.
With this database, the Eagleton Science and Politics Initiative presents the first iteration of a publicly accessible national inventory of elected state legislators with scientific, engineering and healthcare training.
Read MoreThe CAWP Women Elected Officials Database contains entries for more than eleven thousand women officeholders dating back to 1893 when the first woman was elected to statewide office.
Read MoreComplete archive of CAWP research and research by CAWP scholars that addresses emerging questions about American women's political participation.
Read MoreYoung Elected Leaders Project (YELP) research archive. The Center for Youth Political Participation project tracks candidates and office holders at the state and congressional level.
Read MoreComplete ECAG research archive exploring the varied roles, powers, and legacies of governors in the United States.
Read MoreComplete public data archive of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Founded in 1971 at the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, the statewide telephone survey measures public opinion about politics and policy in New Jersey.
Read MoreThis research provides information about the women in the 2020 presidential election, a history of women running for president and vice president and information about voter attitudes towards a woman president.
Read MoreThis report is the third in the CAWP Women, Money, and Politics series. Analyzing 2020 campaign contributions data, the report examines state legislative contests with a focus on general elections. It identifies a large gender gap in giving to state legislative elections and examines giving patterns by political party. The report also identifies challenges and opportunities facing women candidates, comparing candidates by party and race/ethnicity. This report is made possible through a collaboration with OpenSecrets.
Read MoreThe Center for American Women and Politics and its partners at Higher Heights released an updated status report, Reaching Higher: Black Women in American Politics 2021, with data on Black women’s current representation, as well as a look ahead at key races in the 2022 midterms.
Read MoreEagleton Professor and Director of the Center for Youth Political Participation Elizabeth C. Matto is the book's lead editor.
Read More2021 Women Candidates: Special Elections, and Regular Elections for Statewide Elected Executive and State Legislative Office
Read MoreThe Center for American Women and Politics announced the launch of Tracking Gender in the 2020 Presidential Election, a digital timeline that documents the history-making 2020 presidential election. For the first time, more than one woman entered the presidential process and Americans elected Kamala Harris, the first woman and first Black and South Asian Vice President of the United States.
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